Can I control that horrid 'boom' noise at start up?

[Sir Loin Steak]

You know the one? You press the on button, nothing yet happens on the screen, but there's a big 'boom', sort of 'ta dah!' noise that I could do without.

How can I reduce the sound it makes?

 

[hatehereyes]

I had this same problem with my mac pro.

I'm not sure if it's the same with iMacs but you might be able to select it from the sound menu in the system preferences and changed the volume from there for the built in speakers.

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

Startup Sound preference pane will do it- either let you decrease or turn it off altogether. If only you could change the sound

 

[aleni]

when i shutdown my MBP, i always press the keyboard button that is used to turn off the volume sound. it's sharing with F10 key. so whenever i booted up the mac, it doesn't show the BONG sound.

 

[Ivan P]

it doesn't show the BONG sound.

You can see sound now?

 

[aleni]

yes we can like obama said.

http://images.google.com/images?cli...ound&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

btw my primary language is not english, so excuse me..

 

[DoFoT9]

HA. you hate that noise!?!? my message tone is that noise!!!!!

love it!!

haha..


uumm a quick fix is to mute your volume when you shutdown.. then it will be silent

 

[Weepul]

I'm using separate speakers, and I've found that the startup chime is silenced if you go to System Preferences > Sound, the Output section, and pick Internal Speakers from the list, and mute it. Then select the output you'd typically use (Line Out for me). Its volume can be adjusted independently.

I found this by accident and actually am enjoying the quiet startups.

 

[DoFoT9]

I'm using separate speakers, and I've found that the startup chime is silenced if you go to System Preferences > Sound, the Output section, and pick Internal Speakers from the list, and mute it. Then select the output you'd typically use (Line Out for me). Its volume can be adjusted independently.

I found this by accident and actually am enjoying the quiet startups.

nice find!!!! what if the sound comes out of the connected speakers though?? i know some older macs used to ddo that

 

[iBecks]

I wish that Apple would use the chime on the startup of an iPhone.

 

[neonblue2]

Ask Wall•E.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiWoNkgsQRQ

 

[aleni]

nice find!!!! what if the sound comes out of the connected speakers though?? i know some older macs used to ddo that

LOL. it's going to be BOOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Weepul]

nice find!!!! what if the sound comes out of the connected speakers though?? i know some older macs used to ddo that

Indeed they did, but I think as soon as the chime started being played through the built-in speaker, it stopped going through attached sound devices.

 

[DoFoT9]

LOL. it's going to be BOOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

very very loud! it used to do that on my old iMac

Indeed they did, but I think as soon as the chime started being played through the built-in speaker, it stopped going through attached sound devices.

aahh well thats apple for ya, always thinking of everything haha

 

[madog]

nice find!!!! what if the sound comes out of the connected speakers though?? i know some older macs used to ddo that

My PowerMac G4 plays the startup sound through its output speakers. It's a 2.1 setup with a 10lb (not too much of an exaggeration) woofer that isn't that great, but ridiculously loud and good for music and games (voices in movies always take a backseat to explosions and what not, really annoying, but I got them for free). Any-hoo, if I forget to mute the sound or accidentally leave the speaker's independent volume too high, the startup sound will shake the walls in my room. Scares the **** out of my every time.

With my 2008 MacBook that I got a month ago, however, I usually have headphones plugged into it and it really bothered be at first that the chime always came through the internal speakers. I thought something was wrong until now. Have had the G4 for 10 years and am extremely used to it

 

[DoFoT9]

My PowerMac G4 plays the startup sound through its output speakers. It's a 2.1 setup with a 10lb (not too much of an exaggeration) woofer that isn't that great, but ridiculously loud and good for music and games (voices in movies always take a backseat to explosions and what not, really annoying, but I got them for free). Any-hoo, if I forget to mute the sound or accidentally leave the speaker's independent volume too high, the startup sound will shake the walls in my room. Scares the **** out of my every time.

With my 2008 MacBook, however, I usually have headphones plugged into it and it really bothered be at first that the chime always came through the internal speakers.

ahh see i knew i wasnt lying haha! that would really scare the pants off of you!! i used to have some old crappy logitech and even they were really loud sometimes. i cant imagine a fairly large set.
turn it down! haha

 

[Compile 'em all]

You know the one? You press the on button, nothing yet happens on the screen, but there's a big 'boom', sort of 'ta dah!' noise that I could do without.

How can I reduce the sound it makes?

Why do you even close your mac to begin with? Just put it to sleep like every true mac user does.

Here is an example, this is my macbook

[B]11:07  up 27 days,  1:38, 2 users, load averages: 0.36 0.32 0.32[/B]

 

[DoFoT9]

Why do you even close your mac to begin with? Just put it to sleep like every true mac user does.

Here is an example, this is my macbook

[B]11:07  up 27 days,  1:38, 2 users, load averages: 0.36 0.32 0.32[/B]

pfffftt. "true" mac users dont even put their computers to sleep

 

[instaxgirl]

I like the bong - then again I only hear it when I have to restart for an update.
Apart from anything else it's reassuring - it means your computer's hardware's all working correctly.

 

[toolbox]

HA. you hate that noise!?!? my message tone is that noise!!!!!

love it!!

haha..
uumm a quick fix is to mute your volume when you shutdown.. then it will be silent

I am with you it's a great sound it's what distinguishes macs with everything else a very unique sound. I enjoy hearing it when i turn my mac on.

 

[DoFoT9]

I am with you it's a great sound it's what distinguishes macs with everything else a very unique sound. I enjoy hearing it when i turn my mac on.

im 100% behind your agreeing with me

that means i agree with myself

 

[TheReef]

I'm a bit tired of hearing it on every mac for the last 10 or so years.
Although it is great to hear after putting your mac through some intensive surgery.


I wish I could hack the rom to bring back the sound of a 5200: "dwaaaahn"

 

[DoFoT9]

I'm a bit tired of hearing it on every mac for the last 10 or so years.
Although it is great to hear after putting your mac through some intensive surgery.


I wish I could hack the rom to bring back the sound of a 5200: "dwaaaahn"

BLASHPEMY!!

*checks MacTracker for the sound*

oh wow thats a pretty impressive startup! are you sure the bootup sound is in the ROM file?? maybes if its in the system folder somewhere???

 

[kastenbrust]

Haha

http://www.prangstgrup.com/startupsound/

 

[Disavowed]

Haha

http://www.prangstgrup.com/startupsound/

hysterical.